6 Music Classic Concerts

[Humphrey]

Yeah, some good old concerts get b/cast on BBC6 that are not listed even in the Radio Times ; it's a Boomtown Rats one from 82 now.
My understanding of the tech aspect is that it's very good now (and has been for a year or so), with variable bitrate aac (better than mp3) averaging about 128 kbps but often exceeding 200 (via BBC iPlayer).
Sadly, from the start of i/net broadcasting until a few years ago (maybe), the quality was poor eg 64 kbps mp3 and even lower, which gives a tinny sound to the b/cast. The situation was/is further complicated by people "capturing" those low-bitrate shows and converting to higher bitrates eg 192, which does not improve sound quality at all ....

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "haze_harrison" <haze.harrison@...> wrote:
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> I'm not monitoring as such but I have my PC set to download "Classic Concert" and "Live Music Hour" automatically. So apart from a few gaps here and there I have these from the last couple of years. The quality is less than DAB or FM but living in the wilds of the Peak District means spotty radio receptin at the best of times.
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> I also have some "Midnight Double Header" and "Dream Ticket" from a few years ago when I first started playing with a DAB PC card. None of these are catalogued at the moment but I'll be working my way back through them after I finish with the Classic Concerts.
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> Unless there is a huge demand for the original downloads I will be removing the modern DJ (Chris Hawkins)to just include the concerts.
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> Haze
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> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, RobF <robfleay@> wrote:
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> > This reminds me.
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> > It seems like they are constantly rebroadcasting Peel Sessions and old In
> > Concerts on 6music, but is anyone actively monitoring the schedule?
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> > I try and remember to check the webpages but frequently forget. It would be
> > a good thing to advertise on the list I think
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> > On 18 January 2012 09:30, haze_harrison <haze.harrison@>wrote:
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> > > I've just started going through my collection of 6 Music Classic Concert
> > > recordings (expect links soon) One of the first is 1/5/2010 which
> > > BBC.co.uk describes as
> > > "Stone The Crows live at the Paris Theatre in London. Introduced by John
> > > Peel."
> > > Brilliant, apart from the fact they editted John out of the broadcast!!!
> > >
> > > Just had to get that off my chest, sorry.
> > > Haze
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